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Indian-American trump cardIt wasn't so long ago that South Carolina
governor Nikki Haley described Donald Trump as "everything a governor
doesn't want in a president". Trump fired back, on Twitter: "The people
of South Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!" It came as a
surprise, then, when Trump, now President-elect of the United States,
picked Haley (the daughter of Indian immigrants) to serve in his Cabinet
as ambassador to the United Nations. And that Haley accepted.

Trump Must Not Rip Up the Iran Nuclear Deal US President-elect Donald Trump must honor the terms of a deal that
prevents Iran from making a nuclear weapon, said Madeleine K. Albright, a
former US secretary of state and an honorary director of the Atlantic
Council’s board, in a meeting with reporters this week.

Africa Presents an Opportunity for TrumpUS President-elect Donald Trump must make Africa a priority because it
is in the United States’ interest to help tackle the security,
humanitarian, and developmental challenges emanating from the continent,
according to J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa
Center.

Mr. Trump, Don’t Pull Out of the TPPIf US President-elect Donald Trump were to keep his promise to withdraw
the United States from a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement it would
severely undermine US credibility and open the door for China to set the
rules on global trade, according to Atlantic Council analysts.

Retired Army
Gen. David H. Petraeus believes that the war against the Islamic State
of Iraq and al-Sham, while a “generational” one, will eventually be won.
The more consequential battle, he contends, is the war that will
follow: for governance.

Former NATO Leaders to Trump: Don’t Make Bad Deals with PutinUS President-elect Donald Trump must not strike any deals with Russian
President Vladimir Putin that turn Ukraine into a “bargaining chip,” and
must send a clear signal of commitment to the security of the United
States’ NATO allies, two former secretaries general of the Alliance said
on November 15.

As the next
president of the United States, Donald Trump should reassure both Arab
Gulf partners and Israel of a US commitment to address the threat posed
by Iran, said retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, a former director of
the CIA who serves on the Atlantic Council’s board of directors.

Trump’s Victory is Brexit Gone GlobalAtlantic Council Executive Vice President for Programs and Strategy,
Damon Wilson, discussed the implications of Donald Trump’s election
victory, and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

Dealing with PutinAs presidential nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have taken
divergent views of Russia and its relationship with the United States.
Clinton, a Democrat who as secretary of state presented a big red
“reset” button to her Russian counterpart in 2009, has taken a hawkish
view of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Trump, on the other hand, has said that
it “wouldn’t be so bad”
if the United States got along with Russia. How, then, should they
approach Russia when either of them are elected president on November 8?

‘Null Set’ Not the Answer to Putin's CyberattacksThe United States must respond to the cyberattacks it has accused Russia of carrying out without triggering an all-out cyber war, retired
Gen. Philip Breedlove, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for
Europe, said at the Atlantic Council on November 3.